Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend

Safarova Sonya

Jean Webster “ Dear Enemy”(1916)

Characters:

Sallie McBride	Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend
Robin McRae	orphanage's doctor, embittered Scotsman
Gordon Hallock	Sallie's friend and later fiancé
Jane	Sally’s housekeeper
Sadie Kate	an orphan

Vocabulary:

bashful	= shy
chasm(dreadful chasm of misunderstanding)	= abyss
to jerk his hand away	= to get away a hand harshly
to be summoned to smb	= to be ordered to come
charges	= wards, pupils
abruptly	=suddenly
to rise in the world	= to achieve
whether anything will come of it	= if smth will work(сработает)
to draw out	= make a shy person more outgoing
to drop around	= to visit someone, often without making an arrangement
to tick along	= to make reasonable progress without any serious problems
to make off with	= to steal smth
to poop out	= to get too tired to do something
to be caught up in	= to become involved, often against one’s will
to tune out	= to ignore, not pay attention

Comprehension Check: True or False?

1. Sally liked the idea of being the head of the orphan asylum as soon as the Pendletons offered it to her.
2. Sally wrote letters to Judy and called her “Dear Enemy” because she hated the job that Judy gave her.
3. Sally married Gordon and left an asylum.
4. The orphan asylum was damaged by the fire and the doctor saved 2 ribs and a leg by saving orphan’s life.
5. Judy Abbott, a friend of Sallie, helped her to take the control of the asylum.

A question for discussion:

Why do you think Sally preferred the life with orphans to the life of politician’s wife?

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